Burial vault



De- 5, 1933- l.. P. GEEsl-:Y Er AL 1,937,647

BURIAL VAULT Filed Aug. 27, 1930 Patented Dec. 5, 1933 2 claims. (c1. '12p-17) V'The invention relates to burial vaults, and has for its object to provide a device ofthis character formed from a plastic lmaterialv and provided l with a cover formed from two sections, one fofv 110' of the vault, after the cover as a whole is placed in position. Y

A further object is to provide the adjacent portions of the cover sections with registering chambers, thereby providing a dead air space in the cover for insulating the casket chamber and keeping it at an even temperature at all times. A further object is to form the vault cover from two sections, thereby allowing the same to be reasily placed in position and sealed at time of burial with the -minimum amount of labor.'

A further object is to provide the inner cover section with spring 'plates embedded therein andA the outer cover section with headed membersk adapted to spring between adjacent edges ,of the 'spring Aplate into recesses in therinner cover` plate to positions Where the spring plate will positively grip the headed member and hold the outer cover section in place. v.

A further object is to provide means whereby the headed members may move laterallybetween the spring plates for allowing for variations in manufacture, and adjustment when the outer cover member is placed in position.

A further object is to provide a burial vault Yconstructed in a manner whereby the upper por-V tion of the cover may be utilized as a marker above the ground. l

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it

being understood that changes in the precise em bodiment of the `invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing: y

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the casket vault.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View taken on line 2 2l of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view through a portion of the vault. l I

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view through a portion of the cover sections.

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of the locking device.

V3 of the cover rests.

rscription purposes.

' ward movement,

the vault is permanently sealed and locked sol Referring rto the drawing, f the numeral Vl l` des-A ignatesrthe 4 body.of; the vault adapted to'be e`m.v bedded in the ground'with its upper end adja, cent the surface ofthe` ground sovthat the upper;v

side ofthe covereothedevice-maybeusedasa l marker'slight above'the ground. -The bodyA his' preferably formed `from-concrete and maybe ref; inforced if desired. Y. f 4

Formed on the inner walls of the body lis aL shoulder 2, on which shoulder the inner sectionV Aftervthe casket 4 ,is placed VWithin the vault, the cover section 3 is'plac'ed in the upper end of the body 1` into position on Ythe shoulder 2 and then cement is poured around the' Y cover section 3 as shown at 5 for formingV a per- 701 v`manent seal.v After the cover section 3 is placed in position, the cover section 6is placed in position as clearly shown in Figure 3. By forming the cover from twosections, it is obvious it'can be easilyy handled by a minimum number 76 Y i of attendants at the'V grave, which is not possif ble with covers as at presentconstructed from, Y single pieces, whichare-relatively heavy. The upper side of the inner cover section 3 is provided with a chamber 7 :which registers with 80 a chamber 8 in the under side of the coversection 6, and it will be seenthat when thersealing lcement 9 is in position and the cover sections positively locked together, a dead air space is formed which will'preventrsweating within the chamber 10 vof the Abody memberjl, therefore it willbe seen it will notbenecessary to entirely embed the vault in the ground, and the upper side of the cover can be used, if desired for in- Cover section 6 is provided with spacedvdown- 1 lwardly extending flanges 11-and 12, whichl form a channeljlS for.r receiving spaced flanges 11i-and 15 carriedby the body 1 and the inner, cover lsection 3, therefore it will be seen that there is an,,interengagementbetweenV the cover sections 3 and 6 and the body. Embedded in thegilange 12 ofthe upper cover section 6 are headed bolts I v A Y 16, which bolts extend downwardly and are provided with'headsl adaptedto be forcedbetween the spring flanges 18 of the plates 19, which are embedded in the inner cover section 3, and it will be noted that after the heads 1'7 are `forced to a position below the iianges 18, said iianges will then spring upwardlyl into engagement with theheaded bolts 16 where the` l heads' 17 will be positively held against upy and the cover section 6v against removal, therefore it will be seen that CTI.

that it can not be opened; section 3 having been previously sealed by concrete poured to form the seams 5. It will be noted that flanges 18 are elongated, therefore it will beseen that when the cover` section 6 is being placed in position, said section can be moved laterallyvslightly for properly positioning the same as it is obvious there would be slight variations incidenttoshrinkage in manufacture, and the spring flange18 will also accommodate themselves to a certain extent in relation to the bolts. Y

From the above itv will be seen that a burial vault is provided which is simple in construction, the cover formed from a plurality of sections,

, thereby allowing the same to be easily handled and provided withfmeansfor locking the cover sections together. v

The invention having been set forthV what is claimed as new and useful is:-

1. The combination with a burial vault cover -formed from registeringsections having registering chambers to form an air space in the cover, interengaging parts carried by the cover sections and having aV sealing material therebetween, of means carried by oneof'the cover sections and linterengaging with means carried by the 'other cover-section and forming means whereby when the cover sections are forced to` gether onv the sealing means, said cover sections will be positively and rigidly attached sections and extending into the other section,` spring flange grip-ping plates imbedded in oneV ofv said sections and positioned to grip the bolts, said bolts having frusto conically shaped heads plates inclining and anchored inrelation to the boltk shank whereby when said bolt shanks and head are forced between the gripping plate ends,

- tapering inwardly towards the bolt shanks, ,said

saidends Willarcuately swing inwardly over the bolt heads and will engage and grip'the bolt Shanks and headswhere lsaidheads and Shanks*- merge together., l

` LLOYD-P. QEESEL, vDAVID W. FERGUSON.-

. FRANKVM; COQUILLETTE. 

